List of Governors of South Dakota

The Governor of South Dakota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The current Governor is Dennis Daugaard. The Governor has the power to sign or veto laws, and to call the Legislative Assembly into emergency session. He has an ex officio North Dakota Governor's Residence. The governor may only serve two terms consecutively, and becomes eligible for reelection after four years out of office.[1]

The following is a list of Governors of the state of South Dakota, United States.

Governors of Dakota Territory

Governors of South Dakota

Parties

  Republican (26)   Populist (1)   Democratic (6)

#PortraitGovernor
(Birth–Death)		Took officeLeft officePartyCity elected fromNotes
1   Arthur C. Mellette
(1842–1896)		 March 22, 1889 January 3, 1893 Republican Watertown [2]
2   Charles H. Sheldon
(1840–1898)		 January 3, 1893 January 1, 1897 Republican Pierpont
3   Andrew E. Lee
(1847–1934)		 January 1, 1897 January 8, 1901 Populist Vermillion
4   Charles N. Herreid
(1857–1928)		 January 8, 1901 January 3, 1905 Republican Eureka
5   Samuel H. Elrod
(1856–1935)		 January 3, 1905 January 8, 1907 Republican Clark
6   Coe I. Crawford
(1858–1944)		 January 8, 1907 January 5, 1909 Republican Huron
7   Robert S. Vessey
(1858–1929)		 January 5, 1909 January 7, 1913 Republican Wessington Springs
8   Frank M. Byrne
(1858–1927)		 January 7, 1913 January 2, 1917 Republican Faulkton [3]
9   Peter Norbeck
(1870–1936)		 January 2, 1917 January 4, 1921 Republican Redfield
10   William H. McMaster
(1877–1968)		 January 4, 1921 January 6, 1925 Republican Yankton
11   Carl Gunderson
(1864–1933)		 January 6, 1925 January 4, 1927 Republican Mitchell
12   William J. Bulow
(1869–1960)		 January 4, 1927 January 6, 1931 Democratic Beresford
13   Warren Green
(1870–1945)		 January 6, 1931 January 3, 1933 Republican Hazel
14   Tom Berry
(1879–1951)		 January 3, 1933 January 5, 1937 Democratic Belvidere
15   Leslie Jensen
(1892–1964)		 January 5, 1937 January 3, 1939 Republican Hot Springs
16   Harlan J. Bushfield
(1882–1948)		 January 3, 1939 January 5, 1943 Republican Miller
17   Merrill Q. Sharpe
(1883–1962)		 January 5, 1943 January 7, 1947 Republican Kennebec
18   George T. Mickelson
(1903–1965)		 January 7, 1947 January 2, 1951 Republican Selby
19   Sigurd Anderson
(1904–1990)		 January 2, 1951 January 4, 1955 Republican Webster
20   Joe Foss
(1915–2003)		 January 4, 1955 January 6, 1959 Republican Sioux Falls
21   Ralph Herseth
(1909–1969)		 January 6, 1959 January 3, 1961 Democratic Houghton
22   Archie M. Gubbrud
(1910–1987)		 January 3, 1961 January 5, 1965 Republican Alcester
23   Nils Boe
(1913–1992)		 January 5, 1965 January 7, 1969 Republican Sioux Falls
24   Frank Farrar
(1929–)		 January 7, 1969 January 5, 1971 Republican Britton
25   Dick Kneip
(1933–1987)		 January 5, 1971 July 24, 1978 Democratic Salem [4]
26   Harvey L. Wollman
(1935–)		 July 24, 1978 January 1, 1979 Democratic Hitchcock
27   Bill Janklow
(1939–2012)		 January 1, 1979 January 6, 1987 Republican Flandreau
28   George S. Mickelson
(1941–1993)		 January 6, 1987 April 19, 1993 Republican Brookings [5]
29   Walter Dale Miller
(1925–2015)		 April 19, 1993 January 7, 1995 Republican New Underwood
30   Bill Janklow
(1939–2012)		 January 7, 1995 January 7, 2003 Republican Brandon
31   Mike Rounds
(1954–)		 January 7, 2003 January 8, 2011 Republican Pierre
32   Dennis Daugaard
(1953–)		 January 8, 2011 Incumbent Republican Garretson

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented South Dakota except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Governor Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held
House Senate
Coe I. Crawford 1907–1909 S
Peter Norbeck 1917–1921 S
William H. McMaster 1921–1925 S
William J. Bulow 1927–1931 S
Harlan J. Bushfield 1939–1943 S
Richard F. Kneip 1971–1978 United States Ambassador to Singapore*
Bill Janklow 1979–1987
1995–2003		 H
Mike Rounds 2003–2011 S

Living former U.S. governors of South Dakota

As of September 2015, there were three former U.S. governors of South Dakota still alive, the oldest U.S. governor of South Dakota being Frank Farrar (served 1969–1971, born 1929). The most recent U.S. governor of South Dakota to die was Walter Dale Miller (served 1993–1995, born 1925), on September 28, 2015. The most recently serving governor to die was Bill Janklow (served 1979-1987 and 1995-2003, born 1939) on January 12, 2012.

GovernorGubernatorial termDate of birth (and age)
Frank Farrar 1969–1971 April 2, 1929
Harvey L. Wollman 1978–1979 May 14, 1935
Mike Rounds 2003–2011 October 24, 1954

Notes

  1. ↑ "§ 2.". South Dakota Constitution. pp. Article IV, § 2. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Mellette was the final governor of the Dakota Territory prior to his election as the first Governor of South Dakota.
  3. ↑ Won over James Wallace McCarter
  4. ↑ Kneip resigned to become Ambassador to Singapore on July 24, 1978; he was succeeded by Harvey L. Wollman.
  5. ↑ Mickelson was killed in a plane crash on April 19, 1993; he was succeeded by Walter Dale Miller.

See also

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